Job 40:12

12 constringit caudam suam quasi cedrum nervi testiculorum eius perplexi sunt

Job 40:12 Meaning and Commentary

Job 40:12

Look on everyone [that is] proud, [and] bring him low
As the Lord often does; see ( Isaiah 2:11 Isaiah 2:12 ) ; this is the same as before;

and tread down the wicked in their place;
the same with the proud, for pride makes men wicked; it is a sin, and very odious in the sight of God, and is highly resented by him; he resists the proud: now Job is bid, when he has brought proud men low, and laid their honour in the dust, to keep them there, to trample upon them, and tread them as mire in the street; and that in their own place, or wherever he should find them; the Septuagint render it "immediately"; see ( Isaiah 28:3 ) .

Job 40:12 In-Context

10 ecce Behemoth quem feci tecum faenum quasi bos comedet
11 fortitudo eius in lumbis eius et virtus illius in umbilicis ventris eius
12 constringit caudam suam quasi cedrum nervi testiculorum eius perplexi sunt
13 ossa eius velut fistulae aeris cartilago illius quasi lamminae ferreae
14 ipse principium est viarum Dei qui fecit eum adplicabit gladium eius
The Latin Vulgate is in the public domain.